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AccuWeather founder pledges $2 million for Penn State weather center

Friday, September 11, 2009University Park, Pa. –

Joel N. Myers, the founder, president and chairman of AccuWeather
Inc. and current Penn State trustee and alumnus, has committed $2
million to help ensure Penn State’s continued international leadership
in meteorology, University President Graham B. Spanier announced at the
Board of Trustees meeting today (Sept. 11).

The gift will support the Department of Meteorology’s weather center
including its new facility on the sixth floor of Walker Building on the
University Park campus. It is the largest gift ever made to the
department and among the largest ever received for programs in the
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

In recognition of Myers’ generosity, the new weather facility will be named "The Joel N. Myers Weather Center."